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Mike the tracer sounds excellent … can I suggest a user-definable maximum points reduction option since, as you rightly say, so much depends on the printer. The minimum implementation limit quoted in the Red-book is 1500, but could be a lot more (or, in some rare cases, it be less.) Limiting the number of points is a tricky one … and needs careful thought. Throwing away intermediate points seems the only way, but ensuring that sharp angles are preserved (these are what normally seem to suffer in some trace routines I've seen). Splitting it into separate paths isn't really practical, as you'll lose the fill ability. I sure look forward to it though!! Mike (from the UK)